Philadelphia Love Park - The Saga of a Skate Landmark

[s8terblood11]

2:22 guy is standing on the LOVE sign...

[wazzabi97]

Why did it closed

[GoodCharlotteluvr15]

BAM!!!! <3

[delhiskatingdays]

now thanks to all the shitheads who ruined it u bring a skateboard in u get fucking tazed!

[xXiMaSkaterXx]

Mark was all emotional in the beginning lol

[flameboyskater11]

@blistershot u r a fucking sob u hear me love park was what all slatted had and want back and u r the kind of people who suck there mommas dick u honestly think people r going to travel half way around the world to sit in a park no slatted will travel half way around the world on there board to skate love park so u can go get hit by a bus or get eaten by a tiger no one cares how but we all want u to go to hell

[gibshredcamel]

The city of philly is ass backwards. They ask why the city is so ghetto but then restrict young people from enjoying the city. Im 215 all day but the philly lawmakers are a bunch of morons and know nothing about creating growth and bringing young people to the city.

[Hockeyevan9992]

@gibshredcamel Truth.

[Booyaka1740]

it's sad...you know..no one skates there..

[cipbikes]

@blistershot fuck you my good man

[BmxMultiBoy]

i have the park on tech deck!

[Skaterboy6949]

@blistershot dude i HATE when cops threaten us if i meet you youl be wishing you hadnt started it with me ill beat you end of story. Just because you got picked on all you life and now you got a little shiny badge dont mean you the king of the world

[luisfer971]

what happened to the love park????

[MrScottCarr]

@luisfer971 the fountain was filled, and all the ledges were skate blocked

[Hockeyevan9992]

@MrScottCarr I was there last night, I ollied the gap, the fountain is drained. And the ledges are fine.

[MrScottCarr]

@Hockeyevan9992 oh good! they must have fired that goddamned mayer that did all that

[TheIronMcC123456]

@luisfer971 nothing really, everything was nobbed and there is cops everywhere

[xtemecousin]

Pappalardo would wear a "I heart Ny" T shirt while doing a switch Ollie down the love gap!

[DozeKidz]

love park is still here, if you want to skate it skate it, cuz its get demolished in september!

[TheIronMcC123456]

@DozeKidz lol you dont know what you are talking about

[DozeKidz]

@TheIronMcC123456 i guess not anymore but it was supposed to or that was a rumor

[TheIronMcC123456]

@DozeKidz yeah cause i was thinking like...its getting demolished!? i just skated there last week!! lol

[DozeKidz]

@TheIronMcC123456 i skated there last week too

[dariusphilly]

PHILADELPHIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOME SWEET HOME

[SGTbull07]

Donnie B @ 3:07 - jumping the gap at the fountain. sweeeeet move brutha!

[SW33TBR33ZY]

The Love Gap looks huge on video, I can only imagine how big that thing really is. When I saw the Carlsbad gap in person it was ridiculous

[Amy213450]

What i've heard is that if your found skating in love park by the cops, They'll taser you and you'll be arrested/fined or something :P

[skatepbh123]

i was skatin there today. got chased out

[bukobucks]

Santa Cruz said it best "Skateboarding Is Not A Crime"

[DrewG666]

dude Chris Cole tres everything.. i can't tre on flatground yetit only spins a 270 then lands any suggestions?

[madphilly215]

COME OUT ON MAY 4TH 2011 - TO -----LOVE PARK----- JOIN A MASSIVE PROTEST/NEGOTIATION THAT BRINGS INTERNATIONAL SKATING BACK TO LOVE PARK. The city was offered 1m from DC shoes to remove the ban... they refused. That would have covered damage for at least a decade and brought massive tourism. SPREAD THE WORD LIKE WILDFIRE! Use social networking and get the park back!!! repost everywhere!!!!! lets make it happen!!!

[jessesetsfire]

what is he talkin about at the end "if love park was still there" lol its still skatable for hours

[converse48]

@jessesetsfire yea i was just there yesterday. two dudes tried to do a backside heel and a frontside bigspin. they didnt land them but shit was tight.

[DvD0013]

What ever happend to love park ? Is it still there ?

[jessesetsfire]

@DvD0013 yea its still skatable just gotta watch for cops its not like its gone lol

[beanorrivas]

@DvD0013 no the cops here suck ass

[Bangladesh92]

that is why reynolds is the fucking boss.

[LILKlassick]

love park is still there

[Bigpimping808]

FUCK THE FUCKING POLICE

[Talkofthatown919]

the switch heelflip

[DylanWeigandGruesome]

I'M FUCKING DONE WITH ALL THE COPS CALLING US PUNKS AND GIVING US SHIT. You all think your so cool arresting us when were skating. You don't realize that skatings our lives and we do it because we love it, not to piss people off. And all these people calling us punks, well you know what. FUCKING BULL SHIT. So you can say were punks and shit all you want. But I'm done. LONG LIVE SKATEBOARDING. FREE LOVE PARK.

[prodandmullen]

FREE LOVE PARK NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW­WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[blistershot]

I am a philadelphia office official and yes I'm glad we shut the place down. You stupid punks are ruining a great landmark with your dirty boards. We do not want. Dcs money and if I catch any of you assholes skating there. I will beat your asses and arrest you. End of conversation

[authoritymatt]

@blistershot You're the stupid one here. The city could have proffited from this but your sereotype that all skaters are punks ruined it. Love was more important to skaters than it was to the public. Nobody flies to Philly just to sit on some benches, but people will fly there to skate that gap. Im sick and tired of people thinking were punks and im sick and tired of people thinking skating is illegal This is America, the land of the free an the home of the brave, not the land of asshole cops

[999alex9991]

@authoritymatt well laws is laws, so respect them or go to jail, well that you do decide US is the land of stupid guy that answer stupid comment on youtube, so think or shut up, i mean it's kinda useless to answer shit like that for no fucking reason, so go away you comment is useless

[AWESOM8thGRADER]

@999alex9991 no your comment is useless, your bashing this guys OPINION and since your talking about laws why don't you take into consideration one of the laws this country was founded on, Freedom of speech you have no right to say what you just said.

[999alex9991]

@AWESOM8thGRADER wow, I think your still a dumbass, well your thing is kinda corny i don't know why U still trash talking for this, think anext time, duh!!

[addverbjamiesd04]

@blistershot You sir just don't understand. Don't take your anger out on skateboarders that MADE the place a landmark. You really feel that if skateboarding never happened in JFK plaza that it would have all the recognition it does today. You don't think its f'd up that the X-Games was held at city hall with a bunch of fans cheering for the sport, then when its over you arrest these athletes. Personally I think the mayor of Philadelphia is a coward, and you sir are an even bigger one. Good day

[hayabusax1]

@blistershot

You wont. All you will do is try to chase us and then go back to your coffee and donuts, and whatever unhealthy eating habits you have. High Cholesterol and Diabetes will be your friend in the future. Yeah you're just sore as fuck that you never tried skating and know that you missed out on an awesome chance to have genuine fun in life. Whatever, you joined the force and you are taking it out on us skateboarders for having the fun and the skills that you never and will never have.

[bobbarob75]

@blistershot wow a real cop showing how much of a simple minded ass he is. Good luck with that....i'm curious as to what you think real sports are.....I bet you don't play any sports just sit there and cheer on someone who can...whoop teeee fucking doooooo......Unless you think beating up skaters is a sport.....funny thing is we beat our selves up more then you could could ever take........End of conversation

[KevinCcheesefish]

@blistershot Eat shit. We made that place a landmark. Without us you wouldn't even have a job.

[TheSKARTER]

@blistershot Im not even from the USA and I always dreamed of traveling just to skate LOVE, I cant now thanks to fat shithead pigs like you. What these guys in Philly had was something fucking special and its all gone because you guys just couldnt be tolerant with skaters. Hope you notice that skateboarding will probably bigger than other athletic sport one day and realise the mistake that the city made by shutting it down, Its a landmark to skaters, not a landmark for eating your lunch.

[mywood56]

@blistershot fuck you stupid cunt id like to see you lay a finger on me you pathetic asshole

[uNiQuE369]

Willy levine benihana'd it. Search it

[TheVulture911]

i need to skate there.

[nerfmaster2]

i live in philly i cant belive i never got to skate love park now i ge dpressed when somone talks about love park beause i wanna skate there

[skater187ful]

its gotta feel real good 2 say i landed a trick on the LOVE fountain

[lpunkerr]

ya love park its frikin awsome

[liamdallama]

ya know what they should do,rob dydeck made a plaza with a exact replica of good skate spots. well they should do the same thing for love so poeple can skate it

[Rabbaful]

Losers !!! In Tony Hawk's I can switch 360 Hardflip that ! :D

[imawesome722]

@Rabbaful me too i freakin 360 mctwisted it

[skaterkid331]

man thats crazy i cant belive they did that to love park skate 4 life

[EpicEduardo]

why did they exactly close it?

[Resilent1]

DGK All Day I'm From Philadelphia

[almostcreed]

if anyone cares, the song is vast-be with me.

[ixFlowzzz]

@almostcreed thanks man

[inahtap]

historical

[thechbros]

shit went down there last night

[DreadlockRasta21]

This place isnt there anymore?

[berrysoftball]

@DreadlockRasta21

It is still there. They just remodeled it and put these pink planter things in the way of the ledges and made it illegal to skate there. (cops are everywhere) I believe they recently changed it so you can skate on some days yet it is not the same as it once was.

[berrysoftball]

Is that Dyrdek at :48?

[Anthz22]

@berrysoftball yes indeed

[docshuck]

Killadelphia, Pistolvania.

[Emerl1616]

that 360 counts..

[AndyAtrocity]

anyone kow the song and artist..

sick gap id love to do tht

[pongrocks12]

"in a leather jacket."

[edwardalexklose]

ledge

[makavelisk8]

1:07  mega

[efineter]

tech deck have that park to

im have that park

[illa1990]

wat the offical name of the movie

[Gibbyx6]

So the fountain was turned off for a while then turned back on?

[guitarboy403]

they skate it in the winter

[FLIPBAK3R]

such an epic spot

[almaproduc81]

coooolllll the best tricks !!

[JNith]

skating atmosphere back then during the 90's man.....the vibe was just so amazing, seemingly more friendly, and fuckin epic

[seanthegrate]

what video is this off of?

[WoodenAvocado]

love park the saga of a skate landmark. lol

[porkchopmeatball]

Its a video series like 411 called "On Video"

[itinkgirlzhot12]

the park is so perfect i skated there b4 god dc overed like a mill to keep it open but the fag mayor was to stupid to accept it

[ANLcr3w]

I've skated there the ledges are so amazing the fountain is huge i cant do the fountain

[bandanacan24]

illigal to skate there an di was there the other day. you dont get kicked out for so long. a bunch of people chill around and jus watch people do tricks into the fountian.

[berrysoftball]

The fountain has water in it right now.

[ImAman555]

i was there 2 days ago the fountain wasnt running :(

[berrysoftball]

They remove the water in the fall and it is shut down all winter. That is when most of the skate videos of people hitting the gap were shot.

[THEBARFO]

well you commented a month ago and you said people sat around and watch people throw tricks into the fountain. youve obviously never really been there. cause if you have, youd know that a month ago the fountian was on

[jinpartyji]

XD cris cole that man is too funny

[revert900]

they didnt tear it down but they rearranged it so there aint shit in there to skate..its all fuckin gardens now

[doodlebobxxx]

itd be awesome if they made a anoth skate with emb and love and there were cops and u could beat the shit out of em when they bothered u

[JohnnyC303]

DC Shoes - Take the million and throw it towards building a perfect Love Park replica outside the city. A milli probably wouldn't cover everything, but it would be a hell of a start. Even if that got built people would still skate Love though. I'm sure that would piss the city off... but hey... whatever...

[ponjo58]

pause at 0:24

lol

[bobeyo44]

wats so funny?

[ponjo58]

k maybe its the wrong time but when he's done talking he looks over at something, and its kinda funny

[hweenmask]

went there with school in april 09 :D saw all the grind marks on the stairs and evey marks from the skaters.. too bad nobody can skate there no more :(

[unkleeriks]

how often do you get kick out skating there?

[InitialDrifterZ]

All the time, every time I try to skate there, I get either chased away by cops or get kicked out within' the first 5 to 10 minutes.

[Funkatronical]

they just made it illegal or they tore it down?

[InitialDrifterZ]

It's just illegal, they would never tear down LOVE.

[albertb50]

i was there today and they took the emblem.... there tearing that shit down

[InitialDrifterZ]

I doubt it, they probably just took it away because it was go skateboarding day

[albertb50]

ahaha dont worry dude i was just fuckin with ya

[thebossherebaby]

chris cole did a bs 360 in fallen's video

[SpoonfulOfHero]

which fallen vid?

[thebossherebaby]

ride the sky

[AndrewFredericks1]

my team skates there and city hall

[fatboysnowy1]

i still skate there i will never stop skate there it the best

[HGGTUKJN]

holy fuck, it is sooo big

[Scripturistikz]

that's what she said =3

*i had to* rofl

[sk8thecreek]

wait,i thought love park was still there couse there is a go skate board day at love park and the year says 2008

[tshtl3r414]

its still there and always will be. its just illegal to skate there

[TweedSkates]

and they have the fountain filled up now.

[hanzlow]

i went there april 24-26. and there was no water in it

[MlgLegacy806]

whats the name of the song

[cianskate]

vast - be with me

[thedeckteam]

every time i go to philly i cant find it i just went there today and didnt see it

[montsta99]

its like right next city hall. how could you not find it?

[thedeckteam]

lol idk

[Editrion]

i was there yesterday and we didnt get kicked out or anything.

[mkchomponthis]

kicked out or arrested???

[felipe20gutierrezsk8]

DC tried to give philadelphia a million dollars for keeping the park for skating, they refuse to recive the million.

[ScareyW]

the sw heelflip is nick merlino not brian wenning

[Editrion]

are you retarded?

nick merlno was just recently doing that. he never landed it.

dumbass,

[ScareyW]

It's a skate monument

The skateboarder's home !

[mkchomponthis]

so whast the deal. can you skate there or not cuz i wanna ollie the fountain gap

[blaklabel13]

you can but you get kicked out kinda quick

[ChungFat4eva]

The basic story is that the Philadelphia city officials decided that skaters were totally destroying love park with their board, like grinding and stuff so they shut it down. anyone who said they've been there recently is lying. its been closed for such a long time, and if you skate there you get arrested

[brent896]

broke my ffirst bone off the set at love park..my sancuary

[ilovesneakers007]

i just fuckin came back from love park this kid was fucking tryna back 180 the fountain it was fucking sick i ollied the 7 set at love check the video out but this place is fucking sick all respect

[z00y0rk90]

i dont understand its was a good park and they tryed 2 close it down n they protested?

[maggot4567]

wait is love park clozed haha im confused

[Ahhjeww]

i skated there yesterday, it was weird thinking about how soo much shit happened there

[runninRIOT90]

ya dude, i was there today, i kickfliped the 3 50-50 the ledges omg its so sick

[meka1529]

wooow, i was just at dat park yesterday, i had NOOO idea dat LoVe park was such a cool place, n i had no idea dat my husband "Bam" was there...AWSUM!!!!

[w0rd2urm0m]

are you fucking gay or something?

[XxGOxSKATExX]

damb soooo much history i mean like

i was born in 1994 ive been skating for 2 years and this i has been out for this long.

gotta respect all the skaters that skated love.

[SKATExRISE]

everyone thinks pappalardo sucks, but he fuckin switch ollied this.

[skohlhaas]

I used to skate Love park back in da day...late 80s

[YoshiClone112]

where is the love?

[lubberskate]

philedelphia

[ShreddedCheese55]

i used to live there. i was too young to skate it at the time but i wish i couldve. i just bought the full dvd. ive skated FDR though.

[wacra]

i just ollied that yesterday

[matticus12345]

I just seen chris cole doe some sweet shit down this in the ride the sky video.....

[Channel34productions]

sorry I meant 1:53

[w0rd2urm0m]

Anthony Papallardo

[Channel34productions]

who tries to kickflip it or switch flip it at 1:41?

it looks like it's switch?

[midnightskate]

you get ticketed for doin it but you can still skate there. im sorry to say but people are a little over dramatic about this whole deal

[zeroskater326]

that frontside 360 was sick but chris coles backside 360 was better an cleaner

[daniellowrey]

that was the most sad video i've ever seen. i can't believe how perfect that was. one day i'm gonna go skate that and i'll be the first person to christ air it and nollie tre. i will put on my video once i'm sponsored by all the skate companies ever. you'll see. watch.

[fukazoid]

god i miss the 90s. shits so sold out and every cities so weak now. bad economy going to be a blessing for the little skaters and writers.

[gregwazhear]

save love park!!!!!!!!!!

[adgoskate]

I've been on the premiere of fallen ride the sky and chris cole bs 360 the fountain gap :D

[MrNeilBritto]

i cant wait to get it i urge all skaters to save up their pennies and actually BUY that video.

[bltlord]

agreed support skating and don't be a bitch and steal the videos.

[mdolan36]

yeah, i saw a boot leg version. im surprised cole got in there.

[Jomamaskatr13]

hey bro, way to be a jerk and ruin what was gonna be probably one of Cole's biggest surprise hammers of the video.

[Vandatta1]

it was already posted on youtube years ago

[Fallen7723]

me too that was sick!

[pwnthynoobs666]

Is*

[pwnthynoobs666]

I Love re-opened to skaters now? and please dont bs me cuz im going to philly sunday and i dot hve $300 to pay the fine.

[BringMeTheHorizonn]

ya dude im pretty sure its open cuz i was at a hockey tournament and it was like 30 minutes away from love and my friend went and he said it was great. so you might get yelled at or something but idk its not like illegal